2010 Mercer Estates Sauvignon Blanc

I liked the 2010 Mercer Estates Chardonnay and Riesling, and I probably would have grabbed this as soon as I saw it if it hadn’t been a dollar more even though all three wines were listed for $15 on the Mercer web site. After recommending this wine to another customer looking for a decent, inexpensive SB, I thought I ought to try one myself. It’s pretty tasty, but I would of course have been happier for it to have also been $4.

The wine has grassy gooseberry nose with some light pear. On the palate, there’s more of the same, with yellow melon close to the white of the rind leading to a gentle minerality. Its fruit is delicately ripe with good acid of the above plus a little lemon. While it’s quite tasty and pleasant, and I’d guess Lim13 would like this a lot better than the 2008 Chalk Hill SB he recently reviewed, it’s not enough to get me really excited. Still, Thumbs Up.

Greetings DrJack and welcome! It sounds like you like your Sauvignon Blancs really crisp; sorry to hear you didn’t like this one. If you don’t mind, would you tell us at which GO you found it for $6? I’ve only seen it for $5, so was the $6 in OR or WA?